SOUTHERN CANAL CO. v. STATE BOARD OF WATER ENG.

Nos. A-6859, A-6860.

318 S.W.2d 619 (1958)

SOUTHERN CANAL CO., Petitioner, v. STATE BOARD OF WATER ENGINEERS et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

December 3, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McKay & Avery, Austin, Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, John H. Crooker, J. Wiley Caldwell and Charles D. Boston, Houston, for petitioner.

Will Wilson, Atty. Gen., James W. Wilson and James N. Ludlum, Asst. Attys. Gen., for respondents.


CALVERT, Justice.

Southern Canal Company instituted two suits against the State Board of Water Engineers and its individual members in a District Court of Travis County. A plea to the jurisdiction was sustained and the suits were dismissed. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed the judgment of dismissal and remanded the causes for trial. 311 S.W.2d 938.

The purpose of the suits, as disclosed by the Canal Company's petition...

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